| 一波三折 |
yī bō sān zhé |
calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 波 |
Bō |
(bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波兰) / surname Bo |
| 波 |
bō |
wave / ripple / storm / surge |
| 三 |
Sān |
surname San |
| 三 |
sān |
three / 3 |
| 折 |
shé |
to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) |
| 折 |
zhē |
to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container) |
| 折 |
zhé |
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book |
| 折 |
zhé |
variant of 折 / to fold |